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Ronald James Read (October 23, 1921 – June 2, 2014) was an American philanthropist, investor, janitor, and gas station attendant. Read grew up in Dummerston, Vermont, in an impoverished farming household. He walked or hitchhiked 4 mi (6.4 km) daily to his high school and was the first high school graduate in his family. He enlisted in the United States Army during World War II, serving in Italy as a military policeman. Upon an honorable discharge from the military in 1945, Read returned to Brattleboro, Vermont, where he worked as a gas station attendant and mechanic for about 25 years. Read retired for one year and then took a part-time janitor job at J. C. Penney where he worked for 17 years until 1997.

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  • Ronald James Read (October 23, 1921 – June 2, 2014) was an American philanthropist, investor, janitor, and gas station attendant. Read grew up in Dummerston, Vermont, in an impoverished farming household. He walked or hitchhiked 4 mi (6.4 km) daily to his high school and was the first high school graduate in his family. He enlisted in the United States Army during World War II, serving in Italy as a military policeman. Upon an honorable discharge from the military in 1945, Read returned to Brattleboro, Vermont, where he worked as a gas station attendant and mechanic for about 25 years. Read retired for one year and then took a part-time janitor job at J. C. Penney where he worked for 17 years until 1997. Read died in 2014. He received media coverage in numerous newspapers and magazines after bequeathing US$1.2 million to Brooks Memorial Library and $4.8 million to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. Read amassed a fortune of almost $8 million by investing in dividend-producing stocks, avoiding the stocks of companies he did not understand such as technology companies, living frugally, and being a buy and hold investor in a diversified portfolio of stocks with a heavy concentration in blue chip companies. (en)
  • Ronald James Read (23 de outubro de 1921 – 2 de junho de 2014) era um frentista, zelador, e, surpreendentemente, investidor e filantropo dos Estados Unidos da América. Ronald cresceu em Dummerston, no estado norte-americano de Vermont, em um ambiente rural de baixa renda. Ele tinha de caminhar mais de 6 km diariamente, ou pegar carona, para comparecer às aulas de ensino médio, e foi o primeiro a completar o ensino médio em sua família. Ele se alistou nas forças armadas do seu país durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, servindo como policial-militar na Itália. Depois de um desengajamento com honrarias das forças armadas em 1945, ele retornou para sua Vermont onde trabalhou como frentista e mecânico por 25 anos. Um ano após se aposentar, ele passou a trabalhar em tempo parcial como zelador em uma loja de departamentos, por 17 anos, até 1997. (pt)
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  • Ronald James Read (October 23, 1921 – June 2, 2014) was an American philanthropist, investor, janitor, and gas station attendant. Read grew up in Dummerston, Vermont, in an impoverished farming household. He walked or hitchhiked 4 mi (6.4 km) daily to his high school and was the first high school graduate in his family. He enlisted in the United States Army during World War II, serving in Italy as a military policeman. Upon an honorable discharge from the military in 1945, Read returned to Brattleboro, Vermont, where he worked as a gas station attendant and mechanic for about 25 years. Read retired for one year and then took a part-time janitor job at J. C. Penney where he worked for 17 years until 1997. (en)
  • Ronald James Read (23 de outubro de 1921 – 2 de junho de 2014) era um frentista, zelador, e, surpreendentemente, investidor e filantropo dos Estados Unidos da América. Ronald cresceu em Dummerston, no estado norte-americano de Vermont, em um ambiente rural de baixa renda. Ele tinha de caminhar mais de 6 km diariamente, ou pegar carona, para comparecer às aulas de ensino médio, e foi o primeiro a completar o ensino médio em sua família. Ele se alistou nas forças armadas do seu país durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, servindo como policial-militar na Itália. Depois de um desengajamento com honrarias das forças armadas em 1945, ele retornou para sua Vermont onde trabalhou como frentista e mecânico por 25 anos. Um ano após se aposentar, ele passou a trabalhar em tempo parcial como zelador em um (pt)
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